if this were seriously to happen, we'd need a group with realestate expertise, entrepreneureal skills, a marketing team, people who really know people i nthe industry, corporate sponsorship and an air-tight business plan.
then, this company could buy this resort with a 10% down payment on land that is only $4mil. bear in mind there is a chunk of people out there whose houses cost more than that.
after we buy the land, worry about selling property like lodges and apartments before worrying about skiing, as heaps of people buy off the plan with a slick marketing scheme. then think about infrastructure, and only then can we get to the skiing.
in all honesty, i'd be willing to invest $1000 if this plan was reasonable, and thats just me as a broke 18 yearold. once we start marketing condos & shit, people would lay down $100,000s at a time. sure this plan involves alot of corporate whoring, but in the end we get to own a goddamn mountain, and i think thats worth the eternal damnation in hell we'll all face for being such dirty sluts.
oh & to all you people on the east coast, stop bitching - i live in australia & would happily spend 6 months a year over there running a shop or something.